privacy Berkeley city council unanimously votes to ban facial recognition technology Cory Doctorow

happy mutant "Mysterious medallions" popping up on Bay Area sidewalks Rusty Blazenhoff

california Bay Area organization offers free birthday parties to homeless kids, cake and all Rusty Blazenhoff

picks Emails show Berkeley police celebrated 'retweets' & 'engagements' from protester mugshots cops posted on social media Xeni Jardin

california Converted garage now home to museum of 'curious scents' Rusty Blazenhoff

earthquake Cal Berkeley put a crooked line on its new football field, to show it sits on the Hayward Fault Rusty Blazenhoff

protest UC Berkeley chancellor installs office "escape door" as security measure against protesters David Pescovitz

education UC Berkeley issues first-ever university transparency report Cory Doctorow

art How a Black woman turned quilting into a surprisingly radical art form Thom Dunn

phishing scams Anatomy of a rental phishing scam Mark Frauenfelder

Technology How Pong's inventor gave Woz a hack to bring color to the Apple II David Pescovitz

movies Listen to this Q&A with David Lynch about Eraserhead from 1978 David Pescovitz

mars or bust How nanowires and bacteria can create organic compounds on Mars. Just add water. Gareth Branwyn

makers Autodesk's former CEO and his maker friends are cranking out face shields for nurses and doctors David Pescovitz

happy mutants Children are becoming snail mail pen pals with Fairyland "elves" in this time of social distancing Rusty Blazenhoff

books How To Train Your Robot, a free kids book by an engineer and his 10-year-old daughter David Pescovitz

Disney Disney CEO will donate to the public school hit with a licensing fee for "illegally" screening The Lion King Mark Frauenfelder